Expose Defenses

Your first attack when entering combat applies vulnerability. This ability is refreshed when you use an elite skill. — In-game description

Expose Defenses

Specialization

Devastation (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Minor

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Expose Defenses

Your first attack when entering combat applies vulnerability. This ability is refreshed when you use an elite skill.

₅ Vulnerability (5s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

— In-game description

Related skills

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Jade Winds — Legendary Assassin Stance
•   Energy Expulsion — Legendary Centaur Stance
•   Embrace the Darkness — Legendary Demon Stance
•   Resist the Darkness — Legendary Demon Stance
•   Rite of the Great Dwarf — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Facet of Chaos — Legendary Dragon Stance, Facet
•   Chaotic Release — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Soulcleave's Summit — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Dismiss Lieutenant Soulcleave
•   Urn of Saint Viktor — Legendary Alliance Stance, Kurzick
•   Drop Urn of Saint Viktor — Legendary Alliance Stance, Kurzick
•   Spear of Archemorus — Legendary Alliance Stance, Luxon
•   Twin Moon Sweep — Legendary Entity Stance

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Corruption

• Pact of Pain — Conditions you apply to foes last longer, but conditions applied to you also last longer.

Devastation

• Targeted Destruction — Deal increased strike damage to targets based on their vulnerability stacks.
• Dance of Death — Applying vulnerability to foes grants stacks of Battle Scars. The healing from Battle Scars is increased while you are below the health threshold.

Notes

• Applies the effect Expose Defenses.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 14, 2017	Fixed a bug that allowed this trait to apply vulnerability to allies.
December 12, 2017	Expose Defenses has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• With the December 12, 2017 update, Expose Defenses replaced Mutilate Defenses.